Facilitation may refer to:
* Facilitation (business), the designing and running of successful meetings and workshops in organizational settings
* Ecological facilitation, the process by which an organism profits from the presence of another, such as nurse plants that provide shade for new seedlings or saplings (e.g. using an orange tree to provide shade for a newly planted coffee plant)
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Neural facilitation Neural facilitation, also known as paired-pulse facilitation (PPF), is a phenomenon in neuroscience in which postsynaptic potentials (PSPs) (End-plate potential, EPPs, Excitatory postsynaptic potential, EPSPs or Inhibitory postsynaptic potential, IP ...
, the increase in postsynaptic potential evoked by a second impulse in neurons
* Social facilitation, the tendency for people to perform differently when in the presence of others than when alone
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Criminal facilitation
An accessory is a person who assists in, but does not actually participate in, the commission of a crime. The distinction between an accessory and a principal is a question of fact and degree:
*The principal is the one whose acts or omissions, ...
, assisting, but not participating in, the commission of a crime
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Facilitator
A facilitator is a person who helps a group of people to work together better, understand their common objectives, and plan how to achieve these objectives, during meetings or discussions. In doing so, the facilitator remains "neutral", meaning t ...
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Facilitated communication
Facilitated communication (FC), or supported typing, is a scientifically discredited technique that attempts to aid communication by people with autism or other communication disabilities who are non-verbal. The facilitator guides the disabled ...
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Facilitated diffusion
Facilitated diffusion (also known as facilitated transport or passive-mediated transport) is the process of spontaneous passive transport (as opposed to active transport) of molecules or ions across a biological membrane via specific transmembra ...
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Facilitating payment
A facilitating payment, facilitation payment, or grease payment is a payment to government employees to speed up an administrative process whose outcome is already determined. Although ethically questionable, it is not considered to be bribery acc ...
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Enabling
In psychotherapy and mental health, enabling has a positive sense of empowering individuals, or a negative sense of encouraging dysfunctional behavior.Meetings
Group processes